John betjemann



" UNITED' i PATENT OFFICE yJOHN BETJEMANN, or 3e AND 38,.,15ENQN'VILLE ROAD, ENGLAND,

sPEcIFrcAfrroNlfQlrm'ing 'partdf Letters `rati-.17a No. 224,380, liatea-rebrnalry 1o, 1880. Application man Notember is, .1879. sratented in England, July 31, 1879.

' To all whom t may concern.; V

Be it Yknown that I, JOHN BET'EMANN, Yof

the rm of George Betjemann & Sons, of 36,` Y and 3S Pentonville Road,infthe county of Middlesex, England, have invented new-anduseful Improvement-sin Locks for various-purposes, but more especially adapted for use with cigar-boxes, which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification, and for which provisional protection has beeny granted to me on an application for patent in England,

i dated J uly.3l,'1879, No.i 3,106.

Thein'vention has for its object improvements A in locks for various purposes, but more especially adapted for use with cigar-boxes. For this purpose I dispense with the ordinary linkplate or hasp andk form the lock entirely selfcontained.

In lieu of the aforesaid link-plate vor hasp, I

hinge or otherwise articulate to the lock aflap capable of bein gtnrnedupin aline with the face of the lock, or' thereabout, and also of being turned down at a rightor other requiredrangle. The lock is xed on the outside of the box or other article to which it is applied, and, when required to `be fixed temporarily to a cigar orother box, I,'according to one arrangement, fix

to the back of the lock one or more pointedl screwed studs to which iy-nutsV are applied, and when only one such screwed stud is yemployedI lix also asteady-'pin to the back of the said lock. I force thel screwed stud or studs through the. material of the cigar or other box;v and apply a iiy-nut thereto on the inside ofthe box, so as to lix the lock securely thereto.

. According to another arrangement I employ only one stud on the back of the lock, and form it as a wood-screw,to enable .the `lock tobe ixed in position by screwing such wood-screw into the front of the box. Then, by turning the iiap over the top or lid of the box and by' and cannot be opened except by the use of the proper key.

The interior construction of the lock may be of any ordinary or convenient description, but forms no part of my present invention.

And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily carried intoelfectJ willproceed, aided by theaccompan yingV drawings, more fully t'o describe the saine;

" Referring tothe drawings,'Figlire 1 is a perspective- View 'of a cigar-box with a lock applied thereto constructed according to my in- `vention, and showing the lid of the cigar-box ,which the said lock is xed in position by means of a ily-'nut acting in combination with aserewedstud fastened down by the lock; and Fig.-2 is a box withmyimproved lock applied thereto, in

According to my invention I dispense with the ordinary separate link-plate or hasp and form the lock entirely self-contained.

In lieu of the aforesaid `link-plate or hasp, I hinge or otherwise articulate to the lock a a flap, b, capable of being turned up ina line with the face of the lock a, or beyond, as represented at Figs. 3, 4, 5, and also of being l turned-down at right angles to the face of the lock, as represented at Figs. 1, 2. v

The lock a is fixed on the outside of the box Vor other article to which it is applied, and,

cigar or other box, I, according to thearrangement represented-at Fig.l6, fix to the back of thelock one or more pointed screwed studs, c, and when only one screwed stud c is employed, as shown, I sometimes fix one or two steadypins, d, to the back of the said lock.

In applying the' arrangement representedgat Fi g. 6 to a cigar-box I force the screwed stud or studs through the material of the cigar or other box and apply a fly-nut, e, thereto on the inside of the box, so as to x the lock securely in position; or, according to the arrangement represented aty Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, I dispense with the steady-pins d and make the screwed stud c into the form of a wood-screw, which I simply screw into the front of the box to which the lock-is to be applied.

The-Hap b has xed thereto a hasp or catch,

when required to be fixed temporarily to a roo b', to act in combination with the bolt of the lock, and such hasp or catch b', as also the bolt, is, by preference, suitably beveled, as shown at Figs. 3, 4, 5, to enable the same to be used as a snap-fastening, while a key is u employed to unlock the same when required.

By turning the flap b over the top or lid of the box, and by the shooting of the bolt either by a spring or key, th'e'lap is locked in position over thclid,wherebythe latter is securely fastened down, and cannot be opened except by the use of the proper key.

The interior construction of the lock may be of any ordinary or convenient description, but forms no part of my present invention.

The lock maybe fixed to the article to which it is applied in other manner than those above described.

invention and the mode in which I carry the same into eiect, I would have it understood that what I claim is* l. The combination7 with a lock, of the hinged flap b, secured to the front plate of said lock so as to overlap the box-cover, and having a catch or hasp, b', as and for the purpose set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a locking device consisting of lock a, having on its rear plate screw stud or studs c, and a locking-nap, b, hinged to the front plate of said lock so as to overlap the box-cover, and havin g a hasp or catch, b', as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN BETJEMANN.

Witnesses:

B. J. B. MILLS, l C. M. WHITE, Both of 23 Southampton Buildings, London. 

